Corn-bin.



JT. PORSTNER.

CORN BIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1911.

1,045g963; e Patented Dees; 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

THOMAS FOBSTNER, OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA.

CORN-BIN.

To all wlzmn-'it may concern:

Beit known that I, THOMAS FoasTNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Ulm, in the county of Brownand State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Bins,ofwhich the followlng is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawmg. This invention relates to storage buildings, such, for instance, as sheds or bins for storing corn or other material, and the princilpal object of the same is to provide simp e means for thoroughly Ventilating the building, and also to provide means for preventing moisture obtaining access to the interior of'the said-building.

Preferred and practical embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompany' ing ldrawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in sideelevation of a storage building constructed in accordance sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail fragmentary perspective view of a portion of one of the sheathing plates. Fig. 4 is a The improved storage building has been shown as a shed or bin for storing corn and other perishable material and includes a base or. Hoor 5 carrying the vertical studding members 6, the 'upper ends of which are connected by the longitudinal beams 7. The end studding members are connected by the transverse beams 8. The base 5 studding members 6 and beams 7 and 8 form a frame upon which the roof 9 is mounted. The roof and frame are, ofcourse, showings of but one of the many types that may be used in connection with this invention.

The frame is sheathed by the plates 10 which are fastened to the studding members 6 and have their meeting edges overlapped.

speciacamn 0f' Letters ratent.

.Application med Hay 13, 1911. Serial No. 626,976.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

Said plates are referably of sheet metal and are stampe punched, or otherwise treated to provide a plurality of openings 11 for permitting a free circulation of air through the building. The material forced from said plates to provide said openings 11, is. concaved and projects downward on an incline to provide shields 12 for said openings -that will prevent rain, snow or other lmoisture passing t troughsaid openings and will also shade the same so that the sun will not bleach or otherwise adect the contents of the building.

In the form of spaced parallel flat metal bars'13 which are horizontally .arranged so that -ventilating the invention shown in' Fig. 4' the frame is provided with regularly Y openings 14 are formed between each bar.

Said bars 13 have downwardly inclined shielding plates 15 projecting outwardly' outwardly projecting downwar ly inclined sphero -concave shields overlapping said openings in spaced relation.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix -my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS FORSTNER. Witnesses R. M. PFAENDER, GEORGE HOGEN. 

